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7 Reasons Buying $1,000 of This 7.8%-Yielding Dividend Stock Could Be a Brilliant Move

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This period included the financial crisis that began in 2007, the oil price collapse from 2014 through 2017, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Its balance sheet is strong, with a leverage ratio of 3x and solid A- and A3 credit ratings. That means it issues K-1 tax forms, which make tax preparation more complicated.

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5 Reasons to Buy Enterprise Products Partners Stock Like There's No Tomorrow

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Enterprise's business model has seen the company consistently grow its distributable cash flow (DCF) per unit (operating cash flow minus maintenance capital expenditures [ capex ]) most years, while keeping it pretty steady during difficult environments, such as when oil prices collapsed during 2014-2016. How about tax-deferred distributions.

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5 Reasons to Buy Enterprise Products Partners Stock Like There's No Tomorrow

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Enterprise's business model has seen the company consistently grow its distributable cash flow (DCF) per unit (operating cash flow minus maintenance capital expenditures [ capex ]) most years, while keeping it pretty steady during difficult environments, such as when oil prices collapsed during 2014-2016. How about tax-deferred distributions.

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MicroStrategy (MSTR) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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These capital market levers allow us to deploy intelligent leverage to increase our Bitcoin holdings in a manner which we believe has created shareholder value. Leverage provides the opportunity to generate higher returns if the price increases. Software business operating expenses were $96.1 million, up 1.7% compared to $94.5

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4 Reasons to Buy Enterprise Products Partners Stock Like There's No Tomorrow

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This dynamic helps the company post steady, largely growing results year after year, even during difficult periods such as the Great Recession, the oil price collapse in 2014-15, and the COVID-19 pandemic. This has come down from the over 4 times leverage it was at in 2017.

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My Top High-Yield Dividend Stock to Buy in August (and It's Not Even Close)

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The extra FCF has helped the company pay down debt and reduce its leverage. Kinder Morgan got into trouble in 2014 because it had a highly leveraged balance sheet, a more volatile business model, and a dividend it couldn't afford. A growing dividend is a reason to hold a stock even if the stock price itself doesn't do too much.

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Oil Is Volatile; Here Are 3 Dividend Stocks That Protect You From That Volatility

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As shown in the chart above, the company adds leverage during weak patches to continue investing in its business and paying dividends. When the market recovers, it reduces leverage to prepare for the next downturn. That includes years like 2014-2016, when oil prices plunged, forcing some oil and gas companies to cut their dividends.